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ATMOSPHERE ? Fans packed the house for the first game of Brandon Miller's head coaching career and Butler offered quite a second-half show. The 9,617 in attendance was the most for a Butler home opener since 1993 - when the Bulldogs hosted in-state rival Indiana, and beat the Hoosiers 75-71.

TURNING POINT ? It won't show up on the stat sheet but it was the simple sort of play that turns a game's momentum. Off a Butler miss late in the first half, Khyle Marshall realized he couldn't corral the rebound himself so he tipped the basketball to teammate Kameron Woods, who finished off an easy dunk. The ...